Show 2

"Show 2"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 1 Episode: 2
Written by	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens Jimmy Grafton
Announcer	Andrew Timothy
Produced by	Dennis Main Wilson
Music	Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra The Stargazers: Great Day Ellington: Teddy Bears' Picnic Geldray: If I Had You Ray Ellington Quartet and the Stargazers: Old Mother Hubbard
Recording Number	SLO 90269
First broadcast	4 June 1951 (1951-06-04)

The first series shows didn't have episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number is to differentiate them.

At this point in time the show was called Crazy People.

Show 2 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the second show in the first series. The show was recorded at 5.45pm on Sunday 3 June 1951 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 4 June 1951 at 7.45pm (in London and Northern only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.4m. The show didn't have a repeat schedule yet.

The show starred Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, the Stargazers, Max Geldray, the Ray Ellington Quartet with Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra. The show was produced by Dennis Main Wilson and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• Jones explains how his son was involved in capturing a bank robber.
• The programme surveys the nation’s health.
• An interview with London’s leading rat-catcher, Ernest Splutmuscle.
• A Hundred Years from Today! shows a world where criminals out-number law-abiding citizens.
• Adventure Unlimited with Sir Harold Porridge’s quest for the East Pole.

Music

• The Stargazers sang Great Day (Vincent Youmans)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet played Teddy Bears' Picnic (John W Bratton/Jimmy Kennedy)
• Max Geldray played If I Had You (Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet and the Stargazers sang Old Mother Hubbard (Babe Wallis/Ray Ellington)

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 90269 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).